Sovran Advisors LLC Raises Position in CrowdStrike $CRWD

Sovran Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) by 21.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,862 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,759 shares during the period. Sovran Advisors LLC’s holdings in CrowdStrike were worth $4,487,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Carnegie Investment Counsel raised its holdings in CrowdStrike by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel now owns 22,601 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,083,000 after buying an additional 1,428 shares during the last quarter. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated boosted its position in CrowdStrike by 394.8% during the 3rd quarter. Silver Oak Securities Incorporated now owns 2,954 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,449,000 after buying an additional 2,357 shares during the period. Traynor Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 10.9% in the 3rd quarter. Traynor Capital Management Inc. now owns 53,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,047,000 after acquiring an additional 5,205 shares during the last quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 7.3% in the 3rd quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 22,253 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,912,000 after acquiring an additional 1,512 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Perpetual Ltd grew its holdings in CrowdStrike by 205.9% in the 3rd quarter. Perpetual Ltd now owns 1,554 shares of the company’s stock worth $762,000 after acquiring an additional 1,046 shares during the last quarter. 71.16% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at CrowdStrike

In related news, CAO Anurag Saha sold 1,138 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $411.06, for a total value of $467,786.28. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 42,588 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,506,223.28. This represents a 2.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, President Michael Sentonas sold 19,367 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $411.06, for a total value of $7,960,999.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the president owned 406,944 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,278,400.64. This trade represents a 4.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 68,636 shares of company stock valued at $28,690,657 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.32% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Macquarie Infrastructure reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $485.00 price objective on shares of CrowdStrike in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Loop Capital set a $550.00 price target on CrowdStrike in a report on Thursday, December 11th. UBS Group reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of CrowdStrike in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Wells Fargo & Company started coverage on CrowdStrike in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $450.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Piper Sandler upgraded CrowdStrike from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $520.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-four have issued a Buy rating, fifteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $504.98.

CrowdStrike News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting CrowdStrike this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and continued bullish coverage — several firms have issued buy/outperform calls and a recent upgrade pushed shares higher, providing support after the pullback. Coverage Initiated / Upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Partnership expansion with HCLTech (CTEM service) broadens CrowdStrike’s go-to-market and could help drive recurring revenue from large enterprise customers. CRWD, HCLTech Launch CTEM
• Positive Sentiment: GovCloud platform expansion targets public-sector demand — diversifies addressable market and supports steady ARR growth. GovCloud Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Solid recent fundamentals — Q4 revenue beat and strong year-over-year ARR growth remain a bullish base for the business despite valuation debate. Zacks Coverage / Fundamentals
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage/attention is elevated — Zacks and other outlets flag rising investor interest, which can amplify moves in either direction but doesn’t change fundamentals immediately. Investor Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary (buy-the-dip vs. re-rating debate) suggests mixed investor views — some see the pullback as an entry; others want proof that AI risks won’t erode margins. MarketBeat Analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic Claude leaks sparked a sector-wide selloff, with concerns that advanced AI tools could replace some security tasks — this headline risk has driven sharp near-term downside and higher volatility. Anthropic Leak / Selloff
• Negative Sentiment: Extensive insider selling reported over recent months raises governance/optics concerns for some investors—even if sales may be tax- or liquidity-driven. Insider Trading Data
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst price-target resets and valuation debate persist — some targets have been trimmed from 600s to 400s–500s, keeping upside contingent on execution and clarity around AI-driven risk. Analyst Targets

CrowdStrike Price Performance

CRWD stock opened at $399.12 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.77. CrowdStrike has a 1 year low of $298.00 and a 1 year high of $566.90. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $411.92 and a 200 day moving average of $467.17. The company has a market cap of $101.22 billion, a P/E ratio of -539.34, a PEG ratio of 17.51 and a beta of 1.07.

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 3rd. The company reported $1.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.02. CrowdStrike had a negative return on equity of 0.14% and a negative net margin of 3.81%.The business had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.30 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.03 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that CrowdStrike will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

CrowdStrike Profile

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The firm was co-founded by George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch and became a publicly traded company following its initial public offering in 2019. CrowdStrike positions itself as a provider of cloud-native security solutions designed to protect endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data against sophisticated cyber threats.

The company’s core offering is the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, a modular, cloud-delivered security architecture that combines endpoint protection (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), threat intelligence, and device control through lightweight agents and centralized telemetry.